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When the Chamber of Secrets is opened again at the Hogswart School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, second-year student Harry Potter finds himself in danger from a dark power that has once more been released on the school.

After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the Canadian wilderness, learning to survive with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divorce. Includes an introduction and sidebar commentary by the author.

This Graphic Novel Series features classic tales retold with attractive color illustrations. Educatiors using the Dale-Chall vocabulary system adapted each title. Word for word audios feature professional actors and sound effects, not just momotonous monologue.

Though the Greek and Roman crewmembers of the Argo II have made progress in their many quests, they still seem no closer to defeating the earth mother, Gaea. Her giants have risen -- all of them -- and they're stronger than ever. They must be stopped before the Feast of Spes, when Gaea plans to have two demigods sacrificed in Athens. She needs their blood -- the blood of Olympus -- in order to wake. The demigods are having more frequent visions of...

"The classic boyhood adventure tale, updated with a new introduction by noted Mark Twain scholar R. Kent Rasmussen In recent years, neither the persistent effort to "clean up" the racial epithets in Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn nor its consistent use in the classroom have diminished, highlighting the novel's wide-ranging influence and its continued importance in American society. An incomparable adventure story, it is a vignette of...

Peter rescued Pax when the fox was just a kit. And when Peter is forced to abandoned Pax after his father is called to fight in the war and Peter is sent to live with his grandfather, both Peter and Pax are heartbroken. When Peter arrives at his grandfather's home, he sets out under the cover of night to travel the 300 miles back to his home, hoping to find Pax. Meanwhile, Pax has set out on his own journey to find the boy he loves amidst the dangers...

Presents A. A. Milne's 1926 classic--complete with Ernest H. Shepard's original illustrations--in which a small boy named Christopher Robin embarks on a series of adventures with Piglet, Rabbit, Kanga, Roo, Eeyore, Owl, and the roly-poly Winnie-the Pooh in the Hundred Acre wood.